Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 21, 2022 6:55 AM – 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Foggy, moist start with gradual clearing to cloudy. Calm.  62-68F.  Walk led by Sandy and Rita for BBC and Boxborough Birders.
51 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  7    2 adults and 5 juveniles.
Mallard  1    F-O
Wild Turkey  4
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  4    Soaring over buildings.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.)  1    Probably a ew pewee.  Hard to see. Silent, no tail wag.  In woods in canopy.
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  2
House Wren  3
European Starling  1
Gray Catbird  9
Northern Mockingbird  3
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  1    Heard very clearly singing in the woods.
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  1    Heard very clearly singing in the woods.
American Robin  6
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  3    Good sightings.
Baltimore Oriole  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  11
blackbird sp.  8    F-Os.  Not grackles but could not identify under conditions.  Some probably starlings.
Ovenbird  5
Blue-winged Warbler  5
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  8
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  6    Seen in multiple locations including lower campus; near the wooded entry, new meadow, old meadow and near main campus.  Sightings appeared to be very distinct as each bird seemed “committed” to site.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S110848442

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ANNUAL REPORT 2007

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ANNUAL REPORT 2006

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ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

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ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

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